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bucolic_frolic

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26. Global trade is in full retreat, as is manufacture

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 01:48 PM

Mar 28

This is not tweaking tax rates. This is whacking at the foundation of the world economy with a sledge hammer. If you need critical parts, replacement parts, replacement parts ... DUers, now is the time. By next winter it could be that some, or many, foreign sourced items disappear from shelves and availability.

Do we make shoelaces in the US? Oil filters? O-Rings? Vacuum bags?

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Dow closes in correction, S&P logs longest weekly losing streak in four years and oil settles at Iran-war highs [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 27 OP

MAGA got sick of winning IronLionZion Mar 27 #1

They chose a loser (Drumpf) over a winner (Harris). Justice matters. Mar 27 #20

Or deliberate market manipulation IronLionZion Mar 28 #24

Party like it's 1999! Nt BootinUp Mar 27 #2

Party like it's 1929 LiberalArkie Mar 27 #9

Ok, but you can't dance to that one.nt BootinUp Mar 27 #16

Sure you can! They were partying fools back then BumRushDaShow Mar 28 #28

So we're calling it "diplomatic dissonance" this week? Permanut Mar 27 #3

So much fucking winning. NewHendoLib Mar 27 #4

... Golden Age! ck4829 Mar 27 #5

Wheeeeeeeee. twodogsbarking Mar 27 #6

Hey Pam! EuterpeThelo Mar 27 #7

Criminals at the helm plundering our livelihoods debsy Mar 27 #8

I am tired of being great again. Ray Bruns Mar 27 #10

Like it's 1974. legallyblondeNYC Mar 27 #11

"Correction" Owl Mar 27 #12

That is actually a "technical" term used by economists BumRushDaShow Mar 27 #14

Oh Brutus, where are you? He's ready for his final curtain. Buddyzbuddy Mar 27 #13

"diplomatic dissonance" turbinetree Mar 27 #15

Some numbers progree Mar 27 #17

Heckuva job Trumpy Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 27 #18

I don't see how anyone can have faith in the stock market 70sEraVet Mar 27 #19

Are we tired of all this winning yet? RainCaster Mar 28 #21

Owning the libs is so much fun! dedl67 Mar 28 #22

Stagflation here he come! NickB79 Mar 28 #23

So according to Pam Bondo IbogaProject Mar 28 #25

Global trade is in full retreat, as is manufacture bucolic_frolic Mar 28 #26

And investors no longer believe the little boy who cried wolf and said the war was over too many times. Doodley Mar 28 #27

We're taking in water. ck4829 Mar 30 #29